Two-thumb qwerty keyboard
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsJan Robert Tobias Ritzau, Per David Burstrom
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Abstract
A method performed by a device having a touch panel includes detecting a location of a primary touch on the device and detecting on the touch panel a set of near-touch coordinates associated with the primary touch. The method also includes identifying the approach orientation of the primary touch as one of a left-side touch or a right-side touch based on the location of the primary touch and the near-touch coordinates. The method further includes generating a command signal based on the location of the primary touch and the approach orientation of the primary touch and performing an action based on the command signal.
Claims20
A method performed by a device having a touch panel, the method comprising:
- detecting a location of a primary touch on the device;
- detecting on the touch panel a set of near-touch coordinates associated with the primary touch;
- identifying the approach orientation of the primary touch as one of a left-side touch or a right-side touch based on the location of the primary touch and the near-touch coordinates;
- generating a command signal based on the location of the primary touch and the approach orientation of the primary touch;
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- performing an action based on the command signal.
A device comprising:
- a display to display information;
- a key corresponding to a location of a primary touch;
- a touch panel to identify a set of near-touch coordinates related to the primary touch;
- processing logic to interpret an approach orientation of the primary touch as one of a left-side touch or a right-side touch based on the location of the primary touch and the set of near-touch coordinates;
- processing logic to generate a command signal based on the identification of the primary touch location and the interpretation of the approach orientation;
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- processing logic to alter the display based on the command signal.
A device comprising:
- means for detecting a location of a primary touch on the device;
- means for detecting location of a near-touch associated with the primary touch;
- means for identifying an approach orientation of the primary touch based on the location of primary touch and the location of the near-touch;
- means for generating a command signal based on the location of the primary touch and the approach orientation;
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- means for performing an action based on the command signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.